From Biological Body to Metaphorical Body

Abstract

On the one hand, we expound a criticism of the concept of Actuality that induces us to reject the Freudian bi-dimensional evolutionist model. More specifically, we explain how the Freudian etiology that attributes actual neurosis to the stasis of ego-libido conceals ambiguities and contradictions. On the other hand, we demonstrate that, as clinical observation reveals a continuity between hypochondria, sleep, and soma, the fact that biological and psychoanalytical approaches are mutually exclusive constitutes a stumbling block. We explain how anasemia enables us to go beyond this obstacle and why we must focus on the meaning of the hypochondriac’s denial of medical power.